Late Quaternary activity of the Pajarito fault, Rio Grande rift of northern New Mexico, USA

Tectonophysics

Volumn 408, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 213-236

  McCalpin, James P ^a  

^a GEO HAZ Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleoseismology; Quaternary faulting; Rio Grande rift; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC HAZARD;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HYPORHAMPHUS HILDEBRANDI;

EID: 28044437744     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.038     Document Type: Article

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